The Australian communications regulator has issued a stark warning that websites who link out to ‘banned’ hyperlinks are liable to fine of up to Aus $11,000 a day.
The news comes after web forum Whirlpool was threatened with the fine for posting a hyperlink to a blacklisted anti-abortion website.
Wikileaks blacklisted
One of the newest additions to Australia’s [...]
March 18, 2009
By Guy Rundle (Crikey)[1]
With the news that communications watchdog ACMA has put some pages of Wikileaks on its list of banned links — and threatened linkers with five-figure daily fines — the fight against the compulsory internet filtering enters a new and vital stage.
Wikileaks — the document repository attached to Wikipedia — has [...]
The internet filtering that is proposed by senator conroy has taken a new turn today, they added whikileaks to the banned list and said they would fine anyone who links directly to an article on there a whopping 11 thousand dollars per day!!! Are they insane!!?!! it looks like all they can think about is [...]
